Cheltenham born Eric Dier held his nerve to score the winning penalty for England in their last 16 penalty shoot out against Colombia on Tuesday night.

Tottenham Hotspur's Dier converted the final spot kick to secure a 4-3 victory for Gareth Southgate's side, who will face Sweden in the quarter-finals on Saturday (3pm at the Samara Arena.

Eric Dier of England scores his team's fifth penalty

It was England's first ever shoot out success in World Cup football after previous defeats by West Germany (1990), Argentina (1998) and Portugal (2006).

Dier's grandfather is former Football Association secretary and Cheltenham Town president Ted Croker, who lived in Leckhampton until his death in 1992.

Dier and his family moved to Portugal when he was seven years old after his mum was offered a job at Euro 2004 and his career started at Sporting Clube de Portugal. In 2014, he moved to Tottenham on a five-year contract for a fee of £4million.

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On a night of high drama in Moscow, captain Harry Kane gave England the lead from the spot in the 57th minute, his sixth goal of the tournament.

Colombia levelled three minutes into time added on through Barcelona defender Yerry Mina's header from a corner to take the game to extra-time.

Eric Dier celebrates

Jordan Henderson saw his effort brilliantly saved by Arsenal's David Ospina in the shoot out, but a fine stop from Jordan Pickford to deny Carlos Bacca and another effort from Mateus Uribe which crashed against the woodwork allowed England to progress after Dier's decisive strike.

Harry Kane, Marcus Rashford and Kieran Trippier also successfully converted for England in the shoot out.

Everton number one Pickford made his Football League debut, for Burton Albion, at Cheltenham Town in a 2-2 League Two draw in August 2013.

Jamie Cureton scores past Jordan Pickford and is injured in the process